Fungal meningitis reported in Morrow, Crawford counties

4:00 PM,
Oct. 11, 2012

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Marion Star staff report

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Department of Health reported this afternoon that it has linked two additional cases of meningitis to steroid injections believed to be contaminated.

The additional cases are a 39-year-old woman in Morrow County and a 40-year-old woman in Crawford County. The state had already reported a 65-year-old Hamilton County man was the first case discovered in Ohio.

ODH stated in a press release that four clinics in Ohio possibly received the tainted drug and reported that 419 out of 422 patients who may have received the injections have been notified. They were told to continue ...